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Stolen
by Lucy Christopher
I DID NOT REGRET READING THIS BOOK.
I'm going to start with the introduction. So, Gemma is a sixteen-year-old girl who has been kidnapped from Bangkok Airport and was brought to the desert landscape of Australia. Her captor's name is Ty, he's a gorgeous boy with blue eyes full of intensity as Gemma described. He's in midtwenties, he's most probably 24-years-old. He first met Gemma when she was 10-years-old, then four years later he realized that he wanted her. So he devised a plan on getting her: the kidnapping. It took him three years to get everything ready. If it wasn't for the "kidnapping", most of us will think it would be a lovely proposal, right? Especially when Ty told Gemma how he got the money for the plan; he did everything he could. Ty built a house in the middle of a desert in Australia, also he dug up a spring for their water. He thought of everything before kidnapping Gemma.
Ty is not the typical kidnapper you hear nor the guy you see. If he didn't kidnap Gemma, he wouldn't be called a kidnapper obviously. He has a temper but he's not brutal nor full of malice. I once expected that he would rape Gemma, but he didn't. Actually, he loves Gemma. He cares for her. He even saved Gemma's life two times! He didn't want Gemma to leave the desert but as the story progresses, no matter how much it has hurt him, he sacrificed something. I think Ty's only way of making Gemma see how he sees the world is by kidnapping her and assuming he could maker her fall in love with him by doing that.
This book is like a scale, with Gemma and Ty on both sides. You see, when Gemma is feeling homesick, alone in the desert and when Ty loses his temper, it makes you want to hate Ty and root for Gemma. But when Ty's side are shown, like the times when he tells stories about the desert, the stars, the plants, how he looked so calm like peace lives within him; when he saved Gemma's life; when he looked so vulnerable when he had a nightmare; it makes you feel guilty for the resentment you felt towards him. But one time, the scale balanced. And it continued to be like that. Gemma accepted the good side of Ty. Gemma accepted the desert despite its heat and isolation. Ty showed her things you don't usually see in cities.
At first, I was determined to give this book a four-star rating but the ending gave its big final blow. There is always a battle between emotion and logic, but sometimes, the right things should win nonetheless.
I'm going to start with the introduction. So, Gemma is a sixteen-year-old girl who has been kidnapped from Bangkok Airport and was brought to the desert landscape of Australia. Her captor's name is Ty, he's a gorgeous boy with blue eyes full of intensity as Gemma described. He's in midtwenties, he's most probably 24-years-old. He first met Gemma when she was 10-years-old, then four years later he realized that he wanted her. So he devised a plan on getting her: the kidnapping. It took him three years to get everything ready. If it wasn't for the "kidnapping", most of us will think it would be a lovely proposal, right? Especially when Ty told Gemma how he got the money for the plan; he did everything he could. Ty built a house in the middle of a desert in Australia, also he dug up a spring for their water. He thought of everything before kidnapping Gemma.
Ty is not the typical kidnapper you hear nor the guy you see. If he didn't kidnap Gemma, he wouldn't be called a kidnapper obviously. He has a temper but he's not brutal nor full of malice. I once expected that he would rape Gemma, but he didn't. Actually, he loves Gemma. He cares for her. He even saved Gemma's life two times! He didn't want Gemma to leave the desert but as the story progresses, no matter how much it has hurt him, he sacrificed something. I think Ty's only way of making Gemma see how he sees the world is by kidnapping her and assuming he could maker her fall in love with him by doing that.
This book is like a scale, with Gemma and Ty on both sides. You see, when Gemma is feeling homesick, alone in the desert and when Ty loses his temper, it makes you want to hate Ty and root for Gemma. But when Ty's side are shown, like the times when he tells stories about the desert, the stars, the plants, how he looked so calm like peace lives within him; when he saved Gemma's life; when he looked so vulnerable when he had a nightmare; it makes you feel guilty for the resentment you felt towards him. But one time, the scale balanced. And it continued to be like that. Gemma accepted the good side of Ty. Gemma accepted the desert despite its heat and isolation. Ty showed her things you don't usually see in cities.
At first, I was determined to give this book a four-star rating but the ending gave its big final blow. There is always a battle between emotion and logic, but sometimes, the right things should win nonetheless.